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SubjectRe: code style: Re: [PATCH v4] printk: Userspace format enumeration support
On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 05:27:08PM +0000, Chris Down wrote:
> Petr Mladek writes:
> > I wonder if we could find a better name for the configure switch.
> > I have troubles to imagine what printk enumeration might mean.
> > Well, it might be because I am not a native speaker.
> >
> > Anyway, the word "enumeration" is used only in the configure option.
> > Everything else is "printk_fmt"
> >
> > What about DEBUG_PRINTK_FORMATS?
>
> Hmm, I don't like DEBUG_PRINTK_FMTS because it's not about debugging, it's
> about enumeration, I guess :-)
>
> The name should reflect that this catalogues the available printks in the
> kernel -- "debugging" seems to imply something different.
>
> I'm ok with a different name like "printk catalogue" or something like that
> if you prefer. Personally I think "printk enumeration" is fairly clear --
> it's about enumerating the available printks -- but anything that captures
> that spirit is fine.

How about config PRINTK_INDEX?

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